Infrastructure — Namibia
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Namibia: 112
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Transportation
- Airports - total
112
- Airports with Paved Runways
19
- Railways
1,632 Miles 2,626 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
27,426 Miles 44,138 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
3,969 Miles 6,387 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Luderitz, Walvis Bay
Communications
- Telephones
142,100
- Cell Phones
800,300
- Internet Users
101,000
- Internet Country Code
.na
- Internet Hosts
76,020
- Broadcast Media
- 1 private and 1 state-run TV station
- satellite and cable TV service is available
- state-run radio service broadcasts in multiple languages
- about a dozen private radio stations
- transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available
- Telephone System
- general assessment: good system; core fiber-optic networ
- k links most centers and connections are now digital domestic: multiple mobile-cellular providers with a combined subscribers
- hip of more than 100 telephones per 100 persons international: country code - 264; fiber-optic cable to South Africa, microwave radio relay link to Botswana, direct links to other neighboring countries; connected to the South African Far East (SAFE) submarine cable through South Africa; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
2,845,000,000
- Electricity Exports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
40,000,000
- Electricity Imports- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
2,045,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
1,491,000,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
62,290,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
22,990